What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Technicality vs Jargon - What's the difference?

technicality | jargon |

As nouns the difference between technicality and jargon

is that technicality is the quality or state of being technical while jargon is jargon.

technicality

English

Noun

(technicalities)
  • The quality or state of being technical.
  • *
  • *:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
  • That which is technical, or peculiar to any trade, profession, sect, or the like.
  • :

    • Synonyms

    * (quality or state of being technical ): technicalness

    jargon

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) A technical terminology unique to a particular subject.
  • (countable) Language characteristic of a particular group.
  • * 2014 , Ian Hodder, Archaeological Theory Today
    • In fact all the competing theories have developed their own specialized jargons and have a tendency to be difficult to penetrate.
  • (uncountable) Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
  • * Macaulay
    • A barbarous jargon .
    Synonyms
    * (language characteristic of a group) argot, cant, intalk * vernacular
    Derived terms
    * jargonaut * jargoneer * jargonist * jargonistic * jargonization * jargonize

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To utter jargon; to emit confused or unintelligible sounds.
  • * Longfellow
    • The noisy jay, / Jargoning like a foreigner at his food.

    Etymology 2

    (etyl), from (etyl) giargone, from (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * jargoon

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A variety of zircon

    • External links

    * (projectlink) * ----